Nova Outdoor Living Ltd
Registered name: NOVA OUTDOOR LIVING LTD
Part of 036 Group Company Limited groupNova Outdoor Living Ltd made £8.6m revenue and a £21.4k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Nova Outdoor Living Ltd’s revenue fell 16% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £21.4k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Wickford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wickford, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.9m | £10.3m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.6m | £6.5m | £5.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.3m | £3.8m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.4m | £1.3m | £230k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.4m | £1.2m | £25.4k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.4m | £1.2m | −£21.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.4m | £1.2m | −£21.4k |
| Staff costs | — | £360k | £526k | £323k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 10.5% | 11.9% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.5% | 36.8% | 38.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.6m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | — | £270k | £153k | −£4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼20.5% | ▼16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼9.5% | ▼101.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼37.5% | ▲60% | ▼37.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £342k | £245k | £1m | £99.6k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £4.6m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.1k | £90.3k | £490k | £289k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £5.4m | £6.5m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £1m | £776k | £862k | £674k |
| Deferred income | — | £154k | £497k | £448k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼30%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £99.6k
- Headcount
- ▼38%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £448k
- Fixed assets
- ▼41%
- Now £289k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- 036 Group Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Nova Outdoor Living Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- White Stores LimitedRev. £38.4m · Profit £130k
- HWC Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Riverside Garden Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£21.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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